Scripture Reading: Mark 8:34-35 "And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, Jesus said to them, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the Gospel's will save it."
When I share a witness for Christ and talk with them about receiving salvation, sometimes the other person will complain that the churches are full of hypocrites. Well, they are right. The church is for sinners saved by God's grace to follow Christ. I think the main reason people don't come to Christ is that they don't want to pay the price of self denial. God will not compromise or negotiate. We come by repentance and faith in Christ, or we can't come at all.
Jesus also said, "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36
So if you had all the wealth in the whole world, and lost you soul, would it be worth it? Your possessions will not be with you after you die. Your soul will live forever in one of two places. The decisions that you make about Christ now, will determine where you will be one million years from now. Eternity is too long to be wrong.
He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing. Proverbs 29:1
You have to be willing to tell God you are a sinner and that you are sorry for that sin. You have to be willing to turn away from that sin. This is called repentance. Then by faith you have to commit your life to Christ and make Him Lord in your life. If you have never done that, why not commit your life to Him today?
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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